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Length variations within the Merle retrotransposon of canine PMEL: correlating genotype with phenotype

BACKGROUND: The antisense insertion of a canine short interspersed element (SINEC_Cf) in the pigmentation gene PMEL (or SILV) causes a coat pattern phenotype in dogs termed merle. Merle is a semi-dominant trait characterized by patches of full pigmentation on a diluted background. The oligo(dT) trac...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Sarah C., Evans, Jacquelyn M., Tsai, Kate L., Clark, Leigh Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6091007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13100-018-0131-6